Casual games come in many forms and one of the more common themes involve the changing a trajectory and then firing something at something else. It is that format that has kept Team 17 (of Worms’s fame) in business for years, so it was with some interest that I decided to take a closer look at Raftwars.

First impressions? Well a story line! It’s almost of Hollywood epic proportions. A classic rags to riches story of a young child finding buried treasure and then fighting for it. (Well it did help that I watched Goonies last night). Who needs script writers? Golden Globes? bah! Ok maybe I did get a little carried away there. The graphics are bright and crisp. Imagine a number of little baby Cartman’s (Southpark) sitting on a raft, and then they fire a number of weapons at a selection of devilish little characters.

I have to say that I found the Savages were my favorite characters, it brings back memories of fighting cannibals in the deepest darkest (and for PC sake non-descript) jungle, but that was of course back in my “twenties stage”.

Well the controls are very simple, you move the mouse left and right and this alters a red dotted line which indicates the power. Then you move the mouse up and down to alter the trajectory and when you are happy with the shot, click the mouse button and your character will take the shot.

If your shot hits the target then you are rewarded with an angry looking character who then tries to take a pot shot back at you. However more than likely, you will miss and just incase you aren’t sure that you missed, a little high pitched voice taunts you with the words missed!

You can upgrade your raft and also you get a choice of a couple of weapons. It won’t be long before you hitting some quite hilarious trick shots and then you are rewarded with some extra points if you knock off your opponents beating the par of the level.

There are some very funny characters and a funny twisty storyline where…… wait I can’t spoil that for you. You will have to complete the game to find out. I was quite disappointed to see my score of around 18,000 didn’t even make the leader board, so if you can’t beat that then shame you and no doubt you will be back playing again.

A really fun game that will have you hooked in seconds. Enjoy!